Dress



H. J. PEARL Feb. 16, 1943.

DRESS Filed March 3, 1942 .Efewey ZLPEA e4, INVENTOR.

ArroeA zx Patented Feb. 16, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE DRES S Henry J. Pearl, Los Angeles, Calif assignor of q one-half to Harvey L. Barker, Los Angeles,

Calif.

4 Claims.

The invention relates to a dress or similar garment and has for an object to provide improved means for producing fullness or form fit at the bust.

' The Hoover style of one-piece dress, as is wellknown, has two principal objections, namely the overlapping sides of the dress are substantially straight and not attractive in appearance due to lack of form fit at the bust, and also this style of dress requires two loose hanging long belts.

Ah object of the present invention is to overcome the above defects, and provide a one-piece dress or similar garment which has fullness or form fit at the bust, and which does not require loose hanging long belts.

Another object of the invention is to produce a one-piece dress or similar garment which is substantially form fitting, stylish and attractive in appearance, simple to manufacture and adjustable in size.

While the invention will be described as applied to a one-piece ladies dress, it may be applied to other garments such as coats or the like. Also the material of the garment may be cloth, or material other than cloth such as oil-silk or pliofilm in case the invention is applied to a raincoat.

Referring to the drawing, Fig 1 is a view in elevation of a one-piece ladys dress according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged View in elevation, with parts broken away, of the overlapping side of the dress of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in elevation, with parts broken away, of the overlapping side of the dress of Fig. 1 showing certain pieces as they appear in the course of manufacture.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation showing a later step in the manufacture of the pieces of Fig. 4.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the onepiece ladys dress I in Fig. 1 has an open front with the right side 2 overlapping the left side 3. In order to provide fullness and form fit at the bust, I take a piece of material 4 indicated in Fig. 4, which extends above and below the waist line indicated at 5. The piece 4 represents the overlapping side 2 in the initial stages of its manufacture. I cut the piece 4 at its left edge, with an elongated notch 6, the upper edge I of notch 6 extending to the left a greater distance than the lower side 8, in order to provide a surplus of material to be used for forming a plurality of pleats 9, three being illustrated in Fig. 5.

After the pleats 9 are formed, by stitching inwidth of notch 6 is a little less than that of a belt or waist band and its sides I and 8 are preferably parallel as shown. After the pleats 9 are stitched, I cover the notch 6 by sewing to the margins of edges 1, 8 and I3 thereof, a belt or 10 waist band section i l, the latter preferably being a double piece of cloth, the under sideof which is shown at I5. After the waist band section or fillet I4 is stitched to the margins of notch 6, it appears as shown in Fig. 5 wherein the piece I4 is shown covering the notch 6 and stitched to the margins thereof along lines It. The left end of the waist band section I4 is substantially in the line l2, and the piece 4 along the line I2 is sewed to a suitable section I! which forms the back of the garment. Also, at the waist line and at the margin I8 of the piece 4, I stitch along lines [9 a waist band or belt section 20 which preferably has the same width and general appearance as the belt section M. In the sections l4 and 20 I provide buttonholes 2i and 22, respectively, assuming that the side A is to overlap the other side of the garment. The pleats 9 are stitched at H] for about one and one-half inches above the waist band section l4 resulting in fullness indicated at 23 at the bust of the garment, the notch 6 and the pleats 9 appearing below the bust.

The underlapping side 3 of the garment is similarly provided with a waist band section 2 stitched at its upper edge along line 25, at its left end along line 26 and at its lower edge along line 21 over a notch 28 similar to notch 6 in Fig. 3, the piece 3 being stitched along line 29 to a section 30 of the back of the garment. As in Fig. 5, above the waist band or belt section 24 I provide a plurality, here shown as three, pleats 3| which give fullness indicated at 32 at the bust. At the margin 33 of the piece 3, and along the waist line I stitch a belt or waist band section 34 similar to the piece 20 in Fig. 5, except that piece 34 has a plurality, here shown as three, apertures 35 spaced along the waist to receive a removable button 36 which may be inserted into any one of the apertures 35, to adjust the waist size of the garment. Also the waist band or belt section 24 has a plurality, here shown as three, but ton receiving apertures'3'l to receive a similar removable button 38. The buttons 36 and 38 are of course spaced apart the same distance as the distance of the buttonholes 2|, 22, and they may be moved into the first, second or third of the button receiving apertures 35, 31, to adjust the waist size of the garment i.

It will be apparent that I have provided a onepiece dress which is substantially form fitting, which requires no separate belt and which may be retained securely in position on the wearer by the two buttons 36 and 38 at the opposite sides on the waist line.

It will also be apparent that the invention may be employed in connection with various types of garments such as robes, maternity dresses, etc. rious styles and trimmirgs. Various modifications may be made in the invention Without departing from the spirit of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A garment comprising one piece of material extending above and below the waist line, said piece of material having a waist band receiving notch with sides spaced apart and extending along the waist line from the back margin of said material to a point under the bust, pleats in said material at the bust side of said notch and giving fullness at the bust, a waist band section extending from the back edge of said material and under said pleats and Covering said notch, and seam securing the margins of said notch to the margins of said Waist band section.

2. A garment according to claim 1 comprising Also such garments may have vaan offset portion at the waist line at the front margin of said piece of material, and a waist band section secured to said ofiset portion, said first mentioned waist band section which covers said notch and said last mentioned waist band section being spaced apart at the waist line of said piece of material with said material fiat between said waist band sections.

3. A garment according to claim 1 wherein the pleated side of said notch-and the opposite side thereof are substantially parallel lines spaced apart a distance slightly less than the width of said waist band section.

4. A one-piece dress comprising two pieces of material extending above and below the waist line and forming right and left overlapping sides of the dress, each of said pieces of material having a waist band receiving notch with sides spaced apart and extending along the waist line from the back margin of the material to a point under the bust and short of the front marginof the material, pleats in said material at the bust side of each of said notches and giving fullness-at the bust, a waist band section filling each of said notches, a companion waist band. section at the front margin of each of said right and left sides, a button on each of the waist band sections of the underlapping one of said sides, and .00- operating buttonholes in each of the waist band sections on the overlapping side.

I-EENRY J. PEARL. 

